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How To make Barm Brack (Traditional Irish Bread)
2 1/2 c Mixed dry fruit--currants>>>
Dark & golden raisins. 1 c Boiling black tea
1 ea Egg
1 ts Mixed spice (see note*)
4 ts Marmalade
1 c (heaping)superfine sugar
2 1/2 c Self-rising flour
Place dried fruit in a bowl, cover with the hot tea and let soak overnight. The next day, add the remaining ingreds. and mix well. Preheat oven to 375 F. Pour batten into greased 7" square pan and bake in the center of oven for 1 1/2 hrs. Let cool in the pan on awire rack. Slice and serve buttered with tea. NOTE* (Mixed spices: equal parts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and mace. 1. In Northern Ireland and in the Republic, brACK is the Celtic word
for salt and is used to mean "bread". Barm brack is leavened bread, the word BARM meaning yeast. 2. The term "barmbrack" for an Irish fruit loaf or cake does not derive
from barm or leaven. It is a corruption of the Irish word "aran breac" (Speckled Bread).
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Traditional Irish Barmbrack made with Cider Recipe,
a.k.a. Irish Fruit Loaf or Irish Tea Loaf.
*Timings.*
• Prep Time: 15 mins.
• Cook Time: 1 hour.
• Total Time: 1 hour 15 mins.
*Servings.*
Serves 8 people.
*Ingredients.*
_Barmbrack Loaf_
• 2 ½ cups (375g/13oz) Mixed Fruit.
• 10 fl oz (300ml) Cider.
• ⅔ cup (125g/4½ oz) Light Brown Sugar.
• ¼ cup + 1 tbsp (75g/2½ oz) Butter, melted.
• 2 Medium Eggs, beaten.
• Zest of 1 Orange.
• 1¾ cup + 2 tbsp (300g/10½ oz) Plain Flour.
• 1½ tsp Baking Powder.
• Pinch of Salt.
• 1 tsp Mixed Spice.
• ½ tsp Cinnamon.
• A Ring/Coin (optional).
• Cider Glaze/Warm Honey.
_Cider Glaze_
• 2 tbsp White Sugar.
• 1 tbsp Cider.
*Oven Temperatures.*
Preheat the oven:
• Fan Oven: 160°C/320°F.
• Oven: 180°C/360°F.
• Gas Mark 4.
*Method.*
1. Place the mixed fruit, sugar and cider into a saucepan and heat until the sugar is melted. Just before it comes to a boil remove it from heat and allow it to cool completely or overnight if possible.
2. Preheat the oven to the above temperatures.
3. Pour the soaked fruit into a large bowl.
4. Add the melted butter, eggs, and the zest of one orange.
5. Mix well until all the ingredients are combined.
6. Add the plain flour, baking powder, pinch of salt, mixed spice and cinnamon.
7. Mix until all the dry ingredients are well mixed in.
8. If using, wrap a ring in parchment paper and stir into the mixture.
9. Pour into a lined 2Ib loaf tin and flatten the top.
10. Bake for approximately 1 hour until well risen and golden, check with a skewer and if the skewer comes out clean it’s baked.
11. Make the cider glaze by adding sugar and cider to a saucepan and heating until the sugar is dissolved.
12. When baked, brush the top with the cider glaze and return to the oven for 3 minutes to dry the glaze.
13. Allow it to cool for 1 hour before removing it from the tin and placing it on a wire rack.
14. Serve with plenty of real butter slithered all over.
15. Mmm Scrummy!
*Storage.*
• Store wrapped in a dry, air-tight container in a cool cupboard, for up to a week.
Notes:
• The cider is optional.
• People use tea as an alternative to cider.
• The ring is also optional.
• Please warn people if you're putting the lucky ring into your cake! :-)
• Best served with butter.
• I prefer Barmbrack went it's not long out of the oven.
If you have any questions about how to make this traditional Irish Barmbrack fruit and tea loaf cake then please leave me a question and I will reply to you ASAP, Happy Baking everyone!
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This delicious cake is made for a Halloween celebration. The ancient Celtic celebration of Samhain is the origin of Halloween and takes on importance in Irish traditions. The custom of hiding an object within the cake adds a fun dimension to this great tasting treat.
Traditional Irish Barm Brack
(Makes 20 servings)
Ingredients
1 lbs raisins
1 lb sultanas (or golden raisins)
1 cup brown sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup of hot strong Irish tea (Irish breakfast tea is best)
1 cup Irish whiskey (can substitute another cup of Irish tea instead)
4 eggs lightly beaten
3½ cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground allspice
Directions
Place fruit, sugar, lemon zest and juice, tea and whiskey into a large mixing bowl. Mix well, cover and allow to stand overnight at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 325°
Grease a 9 or 10 inch round springform pan with butter, or line the base and sides of a cake tin with parchment paper and grease the paper.
Pour beaten eggs and spices onto the marinated fruits and mix thoroughly.
Sift together flour and baking powder onto the fruit mixture and stir until dry ingredients are incorporated well.
Spoon into the prepared pan and smooth down the surface.
If you wish you may insert a ring wrapped in parchment paper into the batter at this point.
Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool before removing the springform pan.
Serve with lots of good Irish butter and hot strong Irish tea. The barm brack is also great toasted. The tradition says, that the person who finds the ring will be married within a year.
Objects that can be placed in the Barm Brack and their meaning:
Ring: Good News! You will be married within the year.
Coin: Congratulations! You will have good fortune in the coming year
Pea: You will not marry for a year
Piece of cloth: You will have bad luck this year
Matchstick: For the next 12 months your love life will be filled with strife
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